INTERVIEW: Adrian Sutherland’s Indigi-Cana Is Rock With a Cause

INTERVIEW: Adrian Sutherland’s Indigi-Cana Is Rock With a Cause

ByRachel CholstMar 5, 2024

Adrian Sutherland is a roots-rocker with heart from Attawapiskat in Canada’s Far North. His music draws inspiration from his life, the land, and his Cree culture. Adrian is fluent in Omushkegowuk Cree, and is a respected cultural leader and traditional…

INTERVIEW: Kiazi Malonga Found Mutual Aid in the Bay Area’s Congolese Community — Now He Wants to Share It

INTERVIEW: Kiazi Malonga Found Mutual Aid in the Bay Area’s Congolese Community — Now He Wants to Share It

ByRachel CholstJan 5, 2024

Kiazi Malonga learned the Ngoma, a traditional Congolese drum, alongside his father while growing up in Oakland. Unfortunately, both of Malonga’s parents passed by the time he had turned 21. Malonga’s community supported him through these devastating losses, encouraging him…

INTERVIEW: Sully Bright Lets the Light Shine On The Dark

INTERVIEW: Sully Bright Lets the Light Shine On The Dark

ByRachel CholstDec 12, 2023

Sully Bright’s latest EP, Darling, Wake Up, is an album of love and fear. Born in the small town of Forest City near the mountains of North Carolina, Bright bonded over rock legends with his father (the Eagles are a…

INTERVIEW: Montana’s Little Jane and the Pistol Whips Share the Love With Vintage Country

INTERVIEW: Montana’s Little Jane and the Pistol Whips Share the Love With Vintage Country

ByRachel CholstNov 14, 2023

Montana-born lead singer, Ashly Jane’s dynamic voice has a vintage country feel, but her music with Little Jane and the Pistol Whips travels across space and time.  Her breadth of ballads to barn dance top tapping tunes has delighted audiences…

John Thomas Griffith Talks Red Rockers Anniversary, Reunion Show at Tip’s

John Thomas Griffith Talks Red Rockers Anniversary, Reunion Show at Tip’s

ByRachel CholstNov 2, 2023

When Louisiana punk band Red Rockers thrashed out the distorted chords on Condition Red in 1981, they had no idea where those three chords and the truth would take them. The band eventually relocated to Boston, and their New Wave-influenced…